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She also wrote club track Hands High, which was a huge hit, playing endlessly on Radio 1’s Dance Anthems show.

Talented: She wrote All Saints hit Black Coffee, holds the title of former Miss UK and is now hoping to touch fans with her personal music based on real life experiences (R) shows Kirsty performing at he Chapel at The House of St Barnabas in Soho

She made her UK stage debut in July 2010 when she
supported Mick Hucknall and Simply Red at Edinburgh Castle, where she added some
glamour to the evening wearing a one-shoulder studded mini dress and
matching boots.

And now, three years down the line as she
gets set to launch her album, she is extremely confident that her music
will touch fans on a personal level.

Speaking to The Independent, she said:'I get inspired by life. My songs are all from real experiences and observations.

'If something moves me, it compels me to write about it. It’s important to write from the heart.'

Bringing a touch of glamour: Kirsty Bertarelli opened for Mick Hucknall and Simply Red at Edinburgh Castle in 2010 and now she is back to take the music world by storm

Born to a
well-off family from the village of Stone in Staffordshire, she attended boarding school
before pursuing a career as a model.

She was crowned Miss UK in 1988 and went on to take third place in the 1989 Miss World pageant.

The beauty queen
eventually met her husband on the London party circuit and the pair
married in Gstaad in 2000.

Beauty queen: Kirsty was crowned Miss UK in 1988 and went on to take third place in the 1989 Miss World pageant

They now share their time between
a plush home in London's Knightsbridge, Lake Geneva in Switzerland and setting sail on their yacht in the sunny Caribbean with their three children.

The beauty queen and her Swiss husband recently splashed out on the biggest motor yacht ever built in the UK.

The pair had the massive 96-metre, six-deck Vava II
built to replace their existing 47-metre vessel at a cost of an
incredible £100m.

The
superyacht, the 33rd largest in the world, was built in Plymouth and
boasts luxury interiors, a helicopter landing pad, lavish guest cabins
and four boats to ferry passengers to shore.

Super yacht: The beauty queen and her Swiss husband splashed out on the biggest motor yacht ever built in the UK

And while she may be a part of the super privileged jet-setting pack, Kirsty maintains that she is still just a humble girl from Staffordshire deep down - and she wants her fans to know this.

'I’m from Staffordshire and I’ve been very fortunate but I’m the same girl I used to be. I feel elation and sometimes pain like everyone else and that’s what I draw on in my songwriting.'

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Britain's richest woman and former Miss UK Kirsty Bertarelli launches singing career based on her jet-setting lifestyle